Versace House in South Beach
Casa Casuarina aka the Versace House was built in 1930 and modeled after the Alcazar de Colon in Santo Domingo.Gianni Versace purchased the building in 1992 for $2.9 million. After receiving city approval, he demolished the hotel next door, and a two-story, 6,100-foot addition was built, transforming it into Versace's Miami Beach house. It was the scene of Versace's 1997 murder.
Versace House in South Beach
Casa Casuarina aka the Versace House was built in 1930 and modeled after the Alcazar de Colon in Santo Domingo.Gianni Versace purchased the building in 1992 for $2.9 million. After receiving city approval, he demolished the hotel next door, and a two-story, 6,100-foot addition was built, transforming it into Versace's Miami Beach house. It was the scene of Versace's 1997 murder.